Amputations

Name: Amputations at LL&S Waste Wood
Start: 8/15/2019

1 amputation · 2019088411 · 8/15/2019 · LL&S Waste Wood

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source: Conveyors-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: LL&S Waste Wood
Location: 87 Lowell Road, SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03079
NAICS: 423930
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replacing a drive belt on a locked-out conveyor. The pulley was turned from the other side, and his thumb was caught between the pulley and the belt. He suffered a soft-tissue amputation (losing the skin and the nail) from his left thumb just below the thumbnail.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown